CVE-2001-0667 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute commands by spawning Telnet with a log file option on the command line and writing arbitrary code into an executable file which is later executed, aka a new variant of the Telnet Invocation vulnerability as described in CVE-2001-0150.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01612.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Internet Explorer Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952611
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7260

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T16:14:40.211Z

Reserved: 2001-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0667

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:06.104Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-10-30T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0667

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-88

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